Coin-receptacle for rural mail-boxes.



W. ESSBLBURN. COIN REGEPTAGLE FOR RURAL MAIL BXBS. APrLIoATIoN FILEDFEB. 15, 190s.

Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

WILLIAM ESSELBURN, OF HARRISVILLE TOWNSHIP, MEDINA COUNTY, OHIO.

COIN-RECEPTACLE FOR RURAL MAIL-BOXES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

Application led February 15, 1908. Serial No. 415,995.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM EssELBURN, a citizen of the United States,residing in Harrisville township, in the county of Medinaand State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Receptacles for Rural Mail-Boxes, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in coin-receptacles for ruralmail-boxes, the primary object of the invention being to provide agenerallyimproved device of this class which may be readily securedwithin a rural mail-box, without interfering with the free use of thesame, a separate compartment or receptacle being provided to receive andcontain any coin which may be deposited by the patron for the purchaseof stamps, and provided with means whereby the coins may be readily andconveniently discharged from the coin-cup or receptacle directly intothe palm of the hand with which it is operated,- and this without theremoval of the glove or mitten which may be worn by the carrier, as inthe winter season.

With these ends in view, the invention consists in the novelconstruction, arrangement and combination of parts, hereinafterdescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims.

Referring now to the drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l, is a perspective view of a mail-box, equipped with theimproved coin-receptacle. Fig. 2, a side view of the device, in itsnormal position, detached from the box, the dotted lines indieating itscoin-discharging osition. Fig. 3, a front view of the same. ig. 4, a topplan view of the coin-cup or receptacle showing integralattaching-strips on the bottom of the cup before being attached to thecupcarrying movable member. Fig. 5, a detail view of the clamping orattaching member for securing the stationary supporting member inside ofone of the walls of the mail-box. Fig. 6, a side view of a modified formof stationary-supporting member, the loop portion being bent u wardlyand about forming an attaching-hooli.

Similar numerals of reference designate like parts throughout all thegures of the drawings.

The improved device comprises a stationary supporting-member, a movablecoin-cup carrying-member, and a coin-cup or receptacle attached to saidmovable carryingmember and adapted to be moved by said member to acoin-holding or collecting and a coin-discharging or emptying position,as desired.

The stationary supporting or attachingmember comprises, in the presentinstance, a wire bent upon itself forming a loop portion 1, providedwith supporting-arms 2, preferably bent at right angles thereto, andterminating at their ends in loop-eyes 3. The loop portion l, isdesigned to be secured within the mail-box to one of the walls thereof,preferably to the end 4, of the box, in the direction traveled by thecarrier in passing over the route, by means of a clamping-bolt 5, takingover the vertical members of the loop, the ends 6, of said bolt, takingthrough suitable openings in the end wall 4, and secured by means ofnuts 7, (see Fig. 5). In Fig. 6, an attaching-hook 1":l is formed by theloop portion l, said attaching-hook being adapted to take over the upperedge of the end wall 4.

The movable cup carrying member is pivotally-attached to the ends of thesupporting-arms 2, and comprises oppositelydisposed arms on each side ofthe pivot-connection, one of the arms carrying a coin-cup 8, andnormally resting on the supportingarms 2, holding the coin-cup 8, in itscoinreceiving or carrying position, the other arm extending outwardly tobe engaged by the tips of the fingers of the hand of the carrier, and,as said arm is so engaged, it is moved downwardly, substantiallyinverting the position of the arms and bringing the coin-cup to adischarging and substantially inverted position, as indicated in dottedlines of Fig. 2, whereby the coin is discharged in the palm of the hand.

The Inovable cup-carrying member is preferably formed of a wire bent uon itself forming oppositely disposed bai or loop arms 9, and 10, andpivot loop-eyes 11, disposedV outside of and connected to the loopeyesor pivot-bearings 3, of the ends of the supporting-arms 2, by means of across pivotbolt 12, passing through said eyes 2, and 11, and provided atone end with a nut 13.

The coin-cup or receptacle 8, is preferably secured to the cup-carryingloop l0, by having its bottom 14, provided with attachingstrips l5, (seeFig. 4) which are bent or curled about the Wire of the loop 10, as shownmost clearly in Fig. 2, of the draw- 11'1 S.

gI`he ends of the wire of the movable member preferably meet at thefront of the operating-lever or cup-inverting loop 9, and are inclosedwithin a metal sleeve 15a.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the operation and advantages of my invention willbe readily understood.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

is,- I

1. A coin-receptacle for mail-boxes, comprising a supporting-member anda pivotally-mounted tilting-member consisting of oppositely-disposedloop arms and intermediate pivot-loop-eyes, one of said loop arms beingprovided with a coin-cup.

2. A coin-receptacle for mail boxes, comprising a supporting-member anda pivotally-mounted ever member consisting of a single length of wirebent upon itself forming oppositely-disposed loop arms, one of said armscarrying a coin-cup and the other forming a projecting operating-leverwhen the coin-cup is in its coin-holding position.

3. A coin-receptacle, comprising a stationary loop member provided withangled supporting-arms, and a movable member carried by the ends of saidarms and consisting of oppositely-disposed bail arms provided with pivotloop-eyes, one of said arms carrying the coin-cup and the other forminga projecting operating-lever for moving said coin-cup to a dischargingposition.

4. A coin-receptacle, comprising a stationary member consisting of aloop portion bent to form an attaching-loop and terminating in angledsupporting-arms, and a movable member pivotally-attached to said armsand provided with oppositely-extending bail arms, one of said armscarrying a coineup and resting on said supporting-arms when in itsnormal position and the other projecting in front of said coin-cupwhereby the same may be tilted to an inverted position.

5. A coin-receptacle for mail-boxes, comprising a stationary loop memberterminating in supporting-arms at right angles thereto, and a movablemember pivotally-secured to said supporting-arms and comprising a wirebent upon itself forming pivot loop-eyes with oppositely-disposed loopseX- tending from said pivot loop-eyes, one of said loops normallyresting on said supporting-arms and carrying a coin-cup and the otherextending outwardly therefrom Whereby said coin-cup may be moved to adischarging position.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM ESSELBURN.

Witnesses:

O. C. BILLMAN, HENRY A. BECKELMAN.

